Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 654 Return
Before the official tape of "The Roof" came out, pirated tapes had already come out in various ways.

Some tapes are more expensive, and the pirates design a cover with words like "Deep Space Golden Songs" and "Ten Songs That Shocked Hollywood" written on it, and then print the face of a famous star on it.

Side A of the tape played "The Roof" sung by Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu, and then added some episodes from TV series produced by Deep Space Company.

The whole thing looks good, and those who didn't know it thought it was really a genuine tape produced by Deep Space Company.

Some tapes have to be more casual, and put "The Roof" directly into the so-called new albums of "Tao Jiji" or "Zhang Xueyou", which made some people think that the singing standards of these two singers have dropped drastically.

In China, CCTV's promotional efforts are too strong. As soon as "Oriental Time and Space" was broadcast, this song became popular all over the country.

It's a good thing that this song has become popular, but we can't always let everyone listen to Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu's version. If Yu Dong's readers are okay, at least there are fan filters, and they think this singing is okay.

If it weren't for Yu Dong's readers, the part he sang would definitely lose points for this song.

With this in mind, Deep Space Company released "The Roof" by Jay Chou and Zhang Huimei again, and there was no genuine production, so it went directly to the pirated market.

In just one or two weeks, two versions of this song have become popular all over the country.

Baodao is no exception.

The first time Jay Chou heard "The Roof" outside was in a small video store, and it was the version sung by Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu.

He also saw the news two days ago, but it was on paper and could not hear the sound.

To be honest, Yu Dong sang better than Jay Chou had expected.

According to the news, Yu Dong's singing was not satisfactory, but in Jay Chou's opinion, at least Yu Dong's feelings are in place, and it is quite appropriate for Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu to sing this song, especially the last stanza, Yu Dong Dong's performance is also very good.

Listening to the singing in the video store, Jay Chou was also very emotional. It seems that there have been more pirated tapes on the roadside since this year. It was sneaky at the beginning, but now it has become more and more blatant.

However, Jay Chou still went into the video store and bought a tape. Now that he wants to listen to this song, he has no other way but to buy this pirated tape.

……

Only one day later, when Jay Chou passed the video store on his motorcycle again, he heard "The Roof" again, but this time it was him and Zhang Huimei's voices.

When he heard his own voice coming from the video store, Jay Chou stopped the motorcycle directly, and then stood there with his right foot on the ground. He didn't even move until he finished listening to the whole song.

Although I know that the song he sang will eventually appear in the public eye, the feeling of really hearing my own voice outside is indescribable.

Jay Chou stopped his motorcycle and walked into the video store.

"Boss, is there any "The Roof" for sale here?"

The boss is an elderly, fat middle-aged man. He glanced at Jay Chou, then took out a tape with the cover of "Zhang Huimei's Top Ten Golden Songs" from the counter and put it on the counter. "Here."

Jay Chou was a little disappointed that his name was not on the tape, but he still paid for it.

After paying the bill, Jay Chou asked, "Boss, is this tape going to sell?"

The boss looked up at Jay Chou and said, "Of course it's a good sell, young man, you haven't been to ktv recently, right? This song is super popular in ktv now."

"I didn't go, is it really hot?"

"I'm lying to you, go and see for yourself. This young man who sang with Zhang Huimei must be famous." The boss rolled his eyes, then lowered his head to fiddle with what he had on hand, ignoring Jay Chou.

Although the boss had a bad attitude, Jay Chou was in a good mood, humming along the way home.

……

Yu Dong's schedule in the second half of Europe and America is very tight. He has to complete four autograph sessions in different places within ten days, and he also needs to attend the premiere of "Butterfly Effect".In the next few days, I will go to Europe again.

"The Butterfly Effect", as a movie adapted from YU's novel, is naturally full of gimmicks.

Although the sales of "Chaos Diary" in the United States are not very good compared to Yudong's other works, as long as the words "adapted from YU's novel" appear on the movie poster, readers are willing to pay for the movie.

The box office of the film was very good from the beginning. A movie with a cost of just over 1000 million US dollars, the box office reached more than 300 million in the first weekend, which is basically far ahead of the schedule at the end of August.

And the quality of the movie is indeed very good, in line with the expectations of the audience, so the follow-up box office performance is still very strong.

"The Butterfly Effect" hit theaters in the United States, and Yu Dong and the others had already diverted to Europe, stayed in Italy for two days, and then returned to China.

When Yu Dong and the others returned to Jinyi, the students had already returned to school one after another, and there were more newcomers coming and going at the gate.

When they passed the gate, they heard a burst of singing from the reception room.

It was Yu Hua who had good ears, and immediately recognized Yu Dong's voice.

"It's the song you sang at the Hollywood Bowl."

Fu Jing listened to it sideways for a while, and said in surprise, "It seems to be the voices of Mr. Yu and Mr. Cheng. Has this song spread to China so quickly?"

Yu Dong pursed his lips and said nothing. He probably heard Yu Yu's report on the situation in the country. He knew that this song had quickly become popular in the country, but he didn't expect to hear this song in the reception room as soon as he came back.

Don't think about it, it must be a good thing done by Uncle Zhou.

The minibus drove into the school slowly, crossed the avenue and drove into the staff apartment.

Everyone got out of the car with their luggage. Just as they were about to go upstairs, they heard singing from a house on the first floor. It was "The Roof" by Jay Chou and Zhang Huimei.

Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "This is the original version, it sounds much better than Yuanwai."

"It seems that this song is really popular now. I heard it twice in a short while. Who is playing it?"

Mo Yan stretched out his head to look, "It seems to be Mr. Zhang's home in oil painting. His daughter usually likes to sing, so she probably played it."

"Well, young people will definitely like this kind of duet love songs." Wang Xiaobo said.

Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Don't say that young people like it, I like it when I listen to it, and this song is quite good. After I listened to it, the last few words of the lyrics have always been in my mind for the past two days."

What he said is not exaggerating at all, the last two verses of the song "Roof" are really brainwashing.

Moreover, this song is very popular with women. During this period of time, Fu Jing suffered from the sequelae of "The Roof", and she would get sick from time to time. Sometimes when she was walking properly, she would suddenly say to Bi Feiyu: "Let me Who is the lover."

Bi Feiyu replied subconsciously: "It's me."

Fu Jing followed up with another sentence: "Let you love me for who I am."

"It's you."

The two of them are like a pair of secret signs, they like to play when they are free.

Wang Xiaobo said with a smile: "If you want to sing, you can go to a ktv. Didn't Deep Space open a ktv in Jinling?"

Bi Feiyu laughed and said, "Let's talk."

……

When Yu Dong and the others returned to Jinling, it was also the time when "Butterfly Effect" was the hottest in the American film market.

In just ten days, the box office of "Butterfly Effect" exceeded 100 million. There is basically no pressure to break the box office in the end, and there is even hope that it will break through the [-] million mark.

And because of YU, this movie was decided to be released in other countries and regions from the very beginning, and there is no problem with the global box office exceeding [-] million.

The real cost of "Butterfly Effect" is only more than 900 million U.S. dollars. It can be said that the first weekend after the release has already paid back, and it is now confirmed that this movie has made a lot of money.

As long as the film's box office can eventually exceed [-] million, the ratio of box office to cost will exceed [-]. This is already a very exaggerated ratio, and ordinary movies simply cannot reach such a ratio.

Take the popular "Titanic" this year as an example. Its box office is indeed very high. It has reached hundreds of millions, but its cost is also high.

The cost is as high as 20 million U.S. dollars, even if the final box office reaches [-] billion U.S. dollars, the return ratio is only ten.

And judging from the current situation, the box office of "Titanic" will not reach 20 billion US dollars.

The movie with the highest return rate recently should be "Two Smoking Barrels", which cost less than 200 million yuan. The final global box office of that film just exceeded [-] million US dollars, and the return ratio exceeded [-] times.

And "Two Smoking Barrels" was also bought by Deep Space, and then released.

……

When "The Butterfly Effect" grossed more than $5000 million, Michael Eisner called Jimmy.

After briefly chatting about "Pirates of the Caribbean", Michael Eisner said with admiration: "The industry likes to call me a genius film analyst, but in my opinion, analysts in the entire film industry are inferior to you Deep Space Corporation. In the previous few operations, I still felt a little lucky, but after the release of "Butterfly Effect" this time, I no longer think there is any element of luck."

Facing Michael's admiration, Jimmy laughed and said, "There is still a lot of luck involved. In fact, YU and I predicted that the movie's North American box office would be between 7000 million and [-] million US dollars. Now it seems that it is definitely Far exceeded our expectations.”

Jimmy didn't lie. He talked about the movie "Butterfly Effect" with Yu Dong before. They were all optimistic about the box office of this movie, but they only saw the North American box office of 7000 million and the global box office of about 5000 million.

According to the current situation, the box office in North America alone may exceed [-] million US dollars, far exceeding their expectations.

But what Jimmy said, Michael didn't believe it at all.

"I hope that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will also be successful. I don't expect a return of [-] or [-] times. I only hope that it can be more than three times."

If it exceeds three times, Disney will be able to make a lot of money. After all, the cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will not be low, and the initial estimate should be around [-] million US dollars.

In fact, Disney's requirements for this movie are not high at all, not to lose money, or even to lose a little. Their original purpose was to promote the theme park, and they didn't pay much attention to the box office.

Jimmy smiled and said: "Actually, the return ratio of "Butterfly Effect" is not very high. Recently, our company has a movie with a higher return ratio."

"Oh, is that so? What movies does your company have recently?"

"Well, there is another movie called "I've Lived for Tens of Thousand Years", which was released together with "The Butterfly Effect". Now the box office has exceeded 500 million."

"500 million?" Michael raised his thick eyebrows, this number seemed too small to him.

At the same time, he was also wondering, didn't someone collect the latest projects in deep space last time?Why doesn't he have the slightest impression of "I've Lived for Tens of Thousand Years"?

Jimmy probably guessed what Michael was thinking, and explained with a smile: "The box office of this movie is indeed not high, but his cost is very low, only spent more than 1 US dollars."

"More than ten thousand dollars?"

Michael opened his mouth wide in disbelief. He couldn't imagine that Deep Space would spend more than $1 to make a movie.

Although Deep Space Company has not been established for a few years and likes to make a big fortune with a small one, it is also a serious medium-to-large company, and there is absolutely no need to make such a low-cost movie.To be honest, even for the sake of cash, the cost of the movie would not be so low.

What surprised Michael the most was that the box office of the film, which was shot at more than 1 US dollars, actually reached more than 500 million, and it looks like this, the box office will continue to rise.

Maybe the final reward ratio can exceed one thousand.

Michael sighed slightly, "You are always able to exceed people's expectations. Hearing what you said, I'm going to the movies tonight to see this movie."

"Haha, thank you for contributing to the box office of this movie."

"Tsk, I thought you would generously give me a ticket." Michael joked, and then said: "Don't worry, I will not only watch it myself, but also take our company's employees to see it. I want them to see it." Let’s see, how did a movie made with more than 1 yuan get such a high box office.”

"I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

In fact, the cost of more than 1 US dollars in "I Lived for Tens of Thousand Years" is reasonable. In fact, this movie should have cost more.

It’s just that this movie was shot during the filming of “Butterfly Effect”, so there was basically no money except for the actors’ remuneration, and the machines used were from “Butterfly Effect”. The picture quality a movie can have.

If you want to shoot alone and want to control the cost, it is impossible to use such a good machine.

Of course, if the picture quality wasn't so good, the box office of "I Lived for Tens of Thousand Years" would never have reached such a high level. Even with the popularity of "Butterfly Effect" and YU's name, not many viewers are willing to leave Go to the cinema and watch a movie that is not very passionate and has poor picture quality.

But the upper limit of this movie is here, because the whole story has few explosive points and the picture is flat. Although it is quite interesting, it is more suitable for watching on TV than in the cinema.

(End of this chapter)